Shore Leave Cafe Romance

"Abbie Williams is an author who excels at the romance genre. Her Shore Leave Cafe Romance series is a showcase for her ability to weave a contemporary tapestry, complete with rich characters, vivid settings and seductive moods."-Dean Mayes, Author of The Hambledown Dream, Gifts of the Peramangk, The Recipient, The Artisan Heart The past summer has been a wild ride for Joelle Gordon, in more ways than one. After discovering her husband, Jackson, cheating, she fled Chicago for her small-town childhood home in Landon, Minnesota. There, her family's lakeside diner, the Shore Leave Cafe, remains unchanged. Yet nothing else in Landon is the same, including her family of women, her three teenaged daughters, and the intense, passionate love she has found with Blythe Tilson. Now Blythe is in trouble and Jackson is back in Landon, rethinking their divorce. Can Joelle face one of the most difficult and important decisions of her life - or will the Davis family curse ruin any chances of finding and keeping love? A story about heartbreak, blame, family, destiny, and the difficulties of returning home, Second Chances is the second book in A Shore Leave Cafe Romance series. A Shore Leave Cafe Romance series: - Summer at the Shore Leave Cafe - Second Chances - A Notion of Love - Winter at the White Oaks Lodge - Wild Flower - The First Law of Love - Until Tomorrow - The Way Back - Return to Yesterday Also from Abbie Williams, The Dove Saga - Heart of a Dove - Soul of a Crow - Grace of a Hawk

"Abbie Williams is an author who excels at the romance genre. Her Shore Leave Cafe Romance series is a showcase for her ability to weave a contemporary tapestry, complete with rich characters, vivid settings and seductive moods."-Dean Mayes, Author of The Hambledown Dream, Gifts of the Peramangk, The Recipient, The Artisan HeartA gorgeous stranger in an old photograph. A desperate search from another century. And a mystery Camille Gordon cannot resist.It has been two years since Camille discovered that she was going to be a teenage mother. Abandoned by her child's father, Camille is determined that she and her daughter will make it on their own.When she discovers an old picture hidden in a trunk in her grandmother's attic, Camille is at once drawn to the man in the image, standing near his horse in the light of a long-ago sunset. The haunting photo leads her to the Carters, who run the nearby inn, White Oaks Lodge. Each clue brings her closer to her own destiny - a true love so intense not even time can wither it.A story about heartbreak, blame, family, destiny, and the difficulties of returning home, Winter at the White Oaks Lodge is the fourth book in A Shore Leave Cafe Romance series.A Shore Leave Cafe Romance series: - Summer at the Shore Leave Cafe - Second Chances - A Notion of Love - Winter at the White Oaks Lodge - Wild Flower - The First Law of Love - Until Tomorrow - The Way Back - Return to Yesterday The story continues in her most recent novel, A Place to Belong.Also from Abbie Williams, The Dove Saga - Heart of a Dove - Soul of a Crow - Grace of a Hawk

"Abbie Williams is an author who excels at the romance genre. Her Shore Leave Cafe Romance series is a showcase for her ability to weave a contemporary tapestry, complete with rich characters, vivid settings and seductive moods."óDean Mayes, Author of: The Hambledown Dream, Gifts of the Peramangk, The Recipient, The Artisan HeartRuthann Gordon has disappeared.The stakes have never been higher for sisters Camille, Tish, and Ruthann Gordon. Separated by unimaginable circumstances, they must fight to save each other and those they love from Fallon Yancyís wrath. Destiny has caused their paths to intersect across centuries, a long and treacherous link between the Davis and Yancy families, a link that must now be severed before it is too late.Mathias Carter, Case Spicer, and Marshall Rawley have dared to love the three sisters despite the ancient family curse. Each has his own fate to contend with, both in the past and in present-day. Ruthann and Marshall must fight to return to the future ñ or will the unthinkable happen, keeping one of them forever in the past?A story about heartbreak, blame, family, destiny, and the difficulties of returning home, Return to Yesterday is the final book in A Shore Leave Cafe Romance series.A Shore Leave Cafe Romance series:1. Summer at the Shore Leave Cafe2. Second Chances3. A Notion of Love4. Winter at the White Oaks Lodge5. Wild Flower6. The First Law of Love7. Until Tomorrow8. The Way Back9. Return to YesterdayThe story continues in her most recent novel, A Place to Belong.Also from Abbie Williams, The Dove Saga1. Heart of a Dove2. Soul of a Crow3. Grace of a Hawk

"Abbie Williams is an author who excels at the romance genre. Her Shore Leave Cafe Romance series is a showcase for her ability to weave a contemporary tapestry, complete with rich characters, vivid settings and seductive moods."-Dean Mayes, Author of The Hambledown Dream, Gifts of the Peramangk, The Recipient, The Artisan Heart Joelle Gordon is leaving Chicago and her cheating husband to head for her hometown of Landon, Minnesota. There, she returns to the Shore Leave Cafe, the lakeside diner the Davis women have run for decades. Joelle's family, including her three teenaged daughters, Camille, Tish, and Ruthann, is made up of strong women who have long believed in a curse upon them - a curse that robs them of the men they love. This summer has plenty in store for Joelle. Finding herself confronted with the reality of single motherhood, the last thing she expects is gorgeous, passionate Blythe Tilson, a summer employee at Shore Leave, with an uncertain past. Can Joelle resist the temptation of a younger man, and does she dare to consider loving someone again, or will the Davis family curse prove all too true? A story about heartbreak, blame, family, destiny, and the difficulties of returning home, Summer at the Shore Leave Cafe is the first book in A Shore Leave Cafe Romance series. A Shore Leave Cafe Romance series: 1. Summer at the Shore Leave Cafe 2. Second Chances 3. A Notion of Love 4. Winter at the White Oaks Lodge 5. Wild Flower 6. The First Law of Love 7. Until Tomorrow 8. The Way Back 9. Return to Yesterday The story continues in her most recent novel, A Place to Belong. Also from Abbie Williams, The Dove Saga 1. Heart of a Dove 2. Soul of a Crow 3. Grace of a Hawk

"Abbie Williams is an author who excels at the romance genre. Her Shore Leave Cafe Romance series is a showcase for her ability to weave a contemporary tapestry, complete with rich characters, vivid settings and seductive moods."-Dean Mayes, Author of: The Hambledown Dream, Gifts of the Peramangk, The Recipient, The Artisan HeartThree years have passed since Joelle Gordon came home to Landon, Minnesota, following her heart back to her family of women and their little cafe on Flickertail Lake. Joelle, her sister, Jillian, and herdaughter Camille have grown closer through the shared heartaches and passionate loves they have found since that first summer.Now the Shore Leave Cafe is again basking under the brilliant June sunshine, and this summer promises to be hotter than ever.Jillian is pregnant with her third child, but her happy life is threatened by both Justin's ex-wife and a frightening stranger who arrives unexpectedly at the lake. Camille, plagued by dreams of a girl with haunted eyes, cannot shake her fear of losing Mathias. A journey into the mountain country of Montana is where she counts on finding answers-or will her actions only fulfill the Davis family curse?A story about heartbreak, blame, family, destiny, and the difficulties of returning home, Wild Flower is the fifth book in A Shore Leave Cafe Romance series.A Shore Leave Cafe Romance series: - Summer at the Shore Leave Cafe - Second Chances - A Notion of Love - Winter at the White Oaks Lodge - Wild Flower - The First Law of Love - Until Tomorrow - The Way Back - Return to Yesterday The story continues in her most recent novel, A Place to Belong.Also from Abbie Williams, The Dove Saga - Heart of a Dove - Soul of a Crow - Grace of a Hawk

"Abbie Williams is an author who excels at the romance genre. Her Shore Leave Cafe Romance series is a showcase for her ability to weave a contemporary tapestry, complete with rich characters, vivid settings and seductive moods."-Dean Mayes, Author of The Hambledown Dream, Gifts of the Peramangk, The Recipient, The Artisan HeartA devastating fire and unanswered questions have left Tish Gordon reeling. With her true love in critical condition in a Montana hospital, and secrets from the past and present continuing to haunt her, Tish is more determined than ever to prove just who is responsible for this destruction in her life.Tish's family has come from Minnesota to be at her side, including her younger sister Ruthann, who Marshall Rawley has been in love with for years. Ruthann, just a step away from being engaged to her boyfriend back home, wants only to help Tish discover answers. What Ruthann is not expecting to find is a mysterious, dangerous link to the past, and a powerful love that not even time can destroy.A story about heartbreak, blame, family, destiny, and the difficulties of returning home, Until Tomorrow is the seventh book in A Shore Leave Cafe Romance series.A Shore Leave Cafe Romance series: - Summer at the Shore Leave Cafe - Second Chances - A Notion of Love - Winter at the White Oaks Lodge - Wild Flower - The First Law of Love - Until Tomorrow - The Way Back - Return to Yesterday The story continues in her most recent novel, A Place to Belong.Also from Abbie Williams, The Dove Saga - Heart of a Dove - Soul of a Crow - Grace of a Hawk

"Abbie Williams is an author who excels at the romance genre. Her Shore Leave Cafe Romance series is a showcase for her ability to weave a contemporary tapestry, complete with rich characters, vivid settings and seductive moods."-Dean Mayes, Author of: The Hambledown Dream, Gifts of the Peramangk, The Recipient, The Artisan HeartTish Gordon has always been the most stubborn of her sisters, and has worked tirelessly to earn a law degree from her father's alma mater in Chicago. Although the Shore Leave Cafe will always be in her heart, Tish wants nothing short of a high-profile career in corporate law in the glamorous city where she was born.There is just one minor roadblock - a summer internship as a favor to her future boss. Location: Jalesville, Montana, where a fast-talking company is snapping up acreage and threatening local business. Tish heads west, determined to accomplish the internship and return to Chicago as quickly as possible. But Montana proves to have distractions of its own, catching her quite off guard. Particularly in the form of sexy musician/cowboy Case Spicer, who once told Tish she was the love of his life.As the summer heats to a boiling point, Tish must choose between the life she thinks she wants and the life that just might prove to be what she needs.A story about heartbreak, blame, family, destiny, and the difficulties of returning home, The First Law of Love is the sixth book in A Shore Leave Cafe Romance series.A Shore Leave Cafe Romance series: - Summer at the Shore Leave Cafe - Second Chances - A Notion of Love - Winter at the White Oaks Lodge - Wild Flower - The First Law of Love - Until Tomorrow - The Way Back - Return to Yesterday The story continues in her most recent novel, A Place to Belong.Also from Abbie Williams, The Dove Saga - Heart of a Dove - Soul of a Crow - Grace of a Hawk

"Abbie Williams is an author who excels at the romance genre. Her Shore Leave Cafe Romance series is a showcase for her ability to weave a contemporary tapestry, complete with rich characters, vivid settings and seductive moods."óDean Mayes, Author of: The Hambledown Dream, Gifts of the Peramangk, The Recipient, The Artisan HeartRuthann Gordon has disappeared.Swept away by powerful circumstances beyond her control, Ruthann awakens in a place far removed from what she has ever known. Terrified and alone, fate guides her path to people she is certain she has never met, but somehow knows.Marshall Rawley has also vanished from his hometown of Jalesville, Montana, and there has been no word for months. Trapped in the wild and dangerous past, Ruthann discovers truths she never imagined - and begins to understand her role in saving not only her family, but the family of the man she loves more than her own life.A story about heartbreak, blame, family, destiny, and the difficulties of returning home, The Way Back is the eighth book in A Shore Leave Cafe Romance series.A Shore Leave Cafe Romance series:1. Summer at the Shore Leave Cafe2. Second Chances3. A Notion of Love4. Winter at the White Oaks Lodge5. Wild Flower6. The First Law of Love7. Until Tomorrow8. The Way Back9. Return to YesterdayThe story continues in her most recent novel, A Place to Belong.Also from Abbie Williams, The Dove Saga1. Heart of a Dove2. Soul of a Crow3. Grace of a Hawk

"Abbie Williams is an author who excels at the romance genre. Her Shore Leave Cafe Romance series is a showcase for her ability to weave a contemporary tapestry, complete with rich characters, vivid settings and seductive moods."-Dean Mayes, Author of The Hambledown Dream, Gifts of the Peramangk, The Recipient, The Artisan Heart Twelve years ago, Jillian Henriksen cut off all her hair and placed it in her young husband's hands as he was buried. After his tragic accident, she clung to the only remaining stability she had - her youngson Clint, her family of women, and her job at their lakeside diner, the Shore Leave Cafe. Now it is summer again, and change is in the hot and humid air. Jillian's sister, Joelle, and her teenaged nieces, Camille, Tish, and Ruthann, have come home to Landon, bringing a welcome distraction. And then there is Justin Miller, longtime family friend, brooding and sexy, but damaged after a terrible accident five years earlier. Will Jilly and Justin risk their broken hearts - and the Davis family curse - to take a chance on lasting love? A story about heartbreak, blame, family, destiny, and the difficulties of returning home, A Notion of Love is the third book in A Shore Leave Cafe Romance series. A Shore Leave Cafe Romance series: - Summer at the Shore Leave Cafe - Second Chances - A Notion of Love - Winter at the White Oaks Lodge - Wild Flower - The First Law of Love - Until Tomorrow - The Way Back - Return to Yesterday The story continues in her most recent novel, A Place to Belong. Also from Abbie Williams, The Dove Saga - Heart of a Dove - Soul of a Crow - Grace of a Hawk